desert soils
1desert — desert1 desertic /di zerr tik/, adj. desertlike, adj. /dez euhrt/, n. 1. a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all: The Sahara is a vast sandy desert. 2. any area …
2Desert — Not to be confused with dessert. This article is about dry terrain. For the act of abandoning or withdrawing support, see desertion. For other uses, see Desert (disambiguation) …
3Desert horned lizard — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …
4Desert tortoise — Desert tortoise, G. agassizii Conservation status …
5Desert greening — A satellite image of the Sahara; the world s largest hot desert and third largest desert after Antarctica and the Arctic. Desert greening consists of any of a number of methods used to revitalize deserts. So far only arid and semi arid desert are …
6Desert ecology — In ecology, desert ecology is the sum of the interactions between both biotic and abiotic x include the interactions of plant, animal, and bacterial populations in a desert habitat, ecosystem, and community. Some of the abiotic factors also… …
7desert dormouse — ▪ rodent a rarely seen or captured small rodent of Central Asia. Weighing less than 28 grams (1 ounce), the desert dormouse has a stout rounded body 8 to 10 cm (3.1 to 3.9 inches) long and a slightly shorter fine haired tail of 6 to 8 cm.… …
8desert soil — noun a type of soil that develops in arid climates • Syn: ↑desertic soil • Hypernyms: ↑soil, ↑dirt * * * noun : any of a group of zonal soils that develop under sparse shrub vegetation in warm to cool arid climates and have a light colored… …
9Thar Desert — /terr, tahr/ a desert in NW India and S Pakistan. ab. 100,000 sq. mi. (259,000 sq. km). Also called Indian Desert. * * * or Great Indian Desert Region of hot, dry desert, northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan. Its undulating surface is… …
10Arabian Desert — 1. a desert in Egypt between the Nile valley and the Red Sea. ab. 80,000 sq. mi. (207,000 sq. km). 2. the desert region in the N part of the Arabian peninsula. * * * Desert region, Arabian Peninsula. It covers about 900,000 sq mi (2,330,000 sq… …
